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Sunday, 20 March 2016

Sunday Snippets, Spring and a Swap

Baby steps all the way this week. Little by little I'm making progress, well I feel I am anyway :)

Last week's feelings of being unsettled have drifted away as the sun has begun to shine. It's quite amazing how just a little bit of warmth and fresh air make everything seem a little more positive.

I've tried to be a little more constructive this week in how I spend my time and have made some tiny effort to get things ticked off my 'to do' lists. I'm feeling stronger each day and feel more able to do things and so I've made a start!

Firstly I hit the garden centre. I am definitely not a gardener, despite years of frustration on my grandmother's part to turn me into one, so it's much easier just to buy what I need, rather than try to grow anything. However I have been pottering (No pun intended) trying to grow some seeds and store bulbs for replanting, so maybe some of that green fingered wisdom is seeping through!

I was recently given a book on small container vegetable gardening that I was surprisingly excited about, you see progress...I might make a gardener yet.:)

I am also making small steps in slowly moving back into my own place. Having rented out my house for the last few years I'm now in the process of moving back in. I've taken time to get it ready, get some building work done and painted a bit, so it's just about ready to move back into. It's going to be strange living back on my own after 18 months living with my grandmother.

This wasn't on my to do list! But then I decided that I hated the terracotta colour of the porch thingy at the front of my house and so my next project is to repaint it. I managed to pick up some paint from the local 'free for all' (where for a couple of quid I came away with a large tin of Dulux) and I'm poised and ready to go!

My daily walk has definitely been improving this week. I started off 3 weeks ago, very slowly taking about 20 minutes to walk half a mile. Little by little I've walked a little bit further each day and stopped when I was in pain or too tired. This week I'm now up to walking 3 miles and at a much quicker pace. I know its's not a great deal in the grand scheme of things, but for the 'post op me' I'm pleased with what I'm doing and more importantly I'm really enjoying getting out of the house and getting some fresh air.

So progress has been made and I'm feeling optomistic. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and spring is here.:)

Progress all round, and sounds like you've plenty on at the moment. It's lovely to add splashes of colour to the garden, isn't it? Oh, and look out for a stationery swap coming up soon on my blog, too :) Thanks for sharing with #WotW

What beautiful things to receive! And it's good to hear a lighter note in your voice today. As I well know, recovering is actually hard work! A step forward, however small, is still a step forward. I will be thinking about you in that lovely scenery as I take my own walk today :).